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A delivery driver suspected of fleeing with medical equipment valued at N34 million has been tracked down and arrested by detectives from the Zone 2 Police Command Headquarters, Onikan, Lagos.
According to a statement by the Zonal Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), CSP Ayuba T. Umma, the suspect was contracted by a medical doctor based in Osun State to deliver the equipment from Ikotun and Ikeja, Lagos, to Idumota, before onward delivery to a client in Zamfara State.
The medical doctor, Ajefolakemi John of Iloromu Quarters, Ile-Ife, assigned the job to the suspect on April 15, 2025. However, he later discovered that the driver had absconded with the equipment. Efforts to contact the suspect proved futile as he remained unreachable.
Adding to the concern, all the suspect’s known phone lines were switched off, prompting Ajefolakemi to petition the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 2, AIG Adegoke Fayoade. Following this, the Zonal Anti-Crime Unit was directed to conduct a discreet investigation aimed at apprehending the suspect.
The investigation team traced the suspect to Adoka Community in Benue State and successfully arrested him in his hideout at Ugbokpo Community.
Recovered from the suspect were several pieces of medical equipment, including a Mindray SV 300 laptop ventilator XI; Mindray 3-part hematology analyzer XI; two Mindray patient monitors; two patient monitor trolleys; a Zoncare 12-lead ECG XI; and a Mindray DP 10 laptop ultrasound XI. The only missing item was another Mindray DP 10 laptop ultrasound, valued at N3.4 million, which the suspect claimed he sold to one Chukwudi Eyinaya in Mushin for N1 million.
In a confession to the police, the suspect revealed that the remaining equipment was intact and being held by his sister in Ihiala, Anambra State.
CSP Umma stated that upon completion of the ongoing investigation, the suspect will be charged to court.
